We have worked with several consultants over the years, and KSM Transport Advisors (KSMTA) is truly a cut above the rest. While many consultants will try to “strong arm” you into buying into their recommendations, KSMTA most certainly doesn’t operate that way. In fact, I felt as though they became a fully integrated part of our team. They are able to leverage their industry experience and tools to deliver options that are well thought out, quantified, and most important, can be realistically implemented. They offer real-world solutions to real-world problems.

Working with David Roush has been an invaluable experience. David worked with us in the details of our business, but also guided us at a higher, strategic level. In both instances, TransCorr was led in a better direction. David's experience in the trucking industry is vast, and he used that knowledge to help us in many different business scenarios. With KSM Transport Advisor's (KSMTA) help, we have been able to improve our LH/Mile by $0.14 within 12 months. And with David's guidance, we were able to more strategically develop a new market.

We called on KSM Transport Advisors (KSMTA) to evaluate our company's recruiting strategy. We did not believe we were properly configured to achieve the performance benchmarks we'd outlined for ourselves, and needed assistance with improving our core recruiting methods to ensure we were bringing in the right people.

Boyd Bros. hired KSM Transport Advisors (KSMTA) to evaluate our freight network. We had purchased and implemented TMW’s IDSC Netwise® software, but our use of the software was sporadic, and thus so were the results.

Our company engaged the services of KSM Transport Advisors (KSMTA) after our board of directors determined that key ingredients to improving our overall operating performance were missing. KSMTA's challenge was to help our company create a business plan that was attainable, sustainable and would allow us to achieve our profit goals.

Our company, Kane is Able, had experienced significant change in our operations as the result of adjustments to the recession, as well as undergoing cultural change as the company transitions from a family-operated company to a company with non-family professional management. Additionally, we had made some management changes and I was assigned to "right the ship."

I recommend David Roush and his team at KSM Transport Advisors. Young’s Plant Farm, Inc. sells plants to large retailers and utilizing our private fleet, we ship our plants directly to store locations.

Our initial goal was for KSM Transport Advisors (KSMTA) to provide an overall analysis of our entire truckload freight network, provide specific deliverables for the project, and to make recommendations for future improvements. Having worked with KSMTA on previous projects, we were very confident that they would bring the same level of enthusiasm and expertise to the network analysis project. We were not disappointed.

We hired KSM Transport Advisors (KSMTA) at Decker Truck Line in April of 2012 to provide guidance with increasing our profitability through freight network improvements. The ROI on that investment has been outstanding.

When our company engaged the services of KSM Transport Advisors (KSMTA) we had completed an acquisition, but we did not have the opportunity to perform an in-depth evaluation of the freight network. The initial goal was for KSMTA to provide an overall analysis of our entire truckload freight network, provide specific deliverables from the project, and to make recommendations for future improvements.

I have spent 20 years helping truckload carriers all across North America with the problem of identifying which shippers and lanes at various rates and volumes make up the best freight mix; yield management. One of the most valuable lessons learned over my years is that there's both a science and an art to freight mix optimization.

Carrier Profitability Assessments

KSM Transport Advisors believes that if you do not understand your current situation and how it relates to industry best practices and benchmarks, the odds of success through reactionary forays to fix certain issues are minimal. Our assessments are designed to be self-funding, provide a thorough analysis of the current situation and create a roadmap so the identified issues can be quantified, prioritized and pursued – either with the help and support of KSMTA trucking profitability consultants or by the carrier through its own resources.